Microsoft’s Clippy-like Mico character is no longer the face of Copilot
Mico is headed to Learn Live.| Image: Microsoft Microsoft Copilot will no longer show its emotive yellow blob, Mico, when you use the chatbot's voice mode.…
In a support page, Microsoft says it's going to move Mico to its Learn…
Mico launched in Copilot's voice mode last October, with Microsoft AI …
‘That is not acceptable’: Judge orders Google to make rival app store installs easier
One month after Epic Games and Google seemingly stopped fighting over the future of Android app distribution, they were back in a San Francisco courtroom today - where Judge James Donato just ordered Google to make it easier to install rival app stores on Android.…
It's been nearly three years since a jury unanimously decided that Goo…
Donato ordered Google to carry rival Android app stores inside its own…
Flock says its new tool will help identify police abuse, but hasn’t explained how it works
The surveillance company announced it's making a tool called "Audit Assistance" mandatory for all customers, claiming it's already helped catch abuse.…
But the company has yet to explain how the tool works in detail, raisi…
Mark Zuckerberg’s AI Manifesto Is 6,500-Words—and Barely Says Anything
AI is shifting the culture, from tech CEO manifestos to 1 am job interviews. We unpack some of the latest, along with the top findings from Black Hat and Defcon, this week on Uncanny Valley.
Writer introduces new AI model and upgraded harness to contain token costs
Built as a post-training variation on Z.ai's open source model GLM-5.2, Writer says the new system should provide deployment-ready capabilities at a much lower price.
Ukrainian drones wipe out entire US tank brigade in live war game
Ukrainian drone teams demolished a brigade of US Army tanks and armored vehicles during a live war game held this year—but the US soldiers were lucky enough to get “respawn” attempts while learning from the experience.…
The semiannual military exercise, called Combined Resolve, gave the US…
The Ukrainian drone operators participating in the exercise were easil…
Flock “can’t tech its way out” of the stalker cop problem, experts say
On Thursday, Flock announced plans to require all agencies with access to license plate reader data to use a safety tool that automatically detects abnormal activity and locks out cops who abuse their access to stalk people they know in their personal lives.…
Flock’s audit assistance tool suspends access when user activity “meet…
The suspension can only be lifted by administrator review, with the go…
Virgin Galactic wants your help naming its new Delta class spaceship
As Virgin Galactic nears christening the first of its next-generation spaceship designed to launch customers on suborbital flights, it still is missing a key component—a name.…
The self-described "commercial spaceline," which was founded by Britis…
The spaceplane will be a member of Virgin Galactic's Delta-class fleet…
Private security firms will soon be allowed to hack overseas cybercriminals
The Trump administration is recruiting private security firms to conduct federal government-authorized operations, including cyber attacks, against overseas-based criminal organizations that commit hacks on US persons, organizations, or government entities.…
In a National Security Presidential Memorandum issued Thursday, US Pre…
The Departments of Justice and Homeland Security will provide oversight.
